Naruto (Late 2013)

Bound Together by Fate

Chapter 1: Beginnings, Kidnappings and Murders.

Half an Hour after the Kyūbi's attack on Konoha was stopped by the sacrifice of the Yondaime Hokage, Konoha Council Room.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Sandaime Hokage stood in the centre of the chamber holding the infant in which all of his successor's hopes and dreams were placed, in the pocket of his robes he had both the will of Minato Namikaze the Yondaime Hokage and the new seal which would be used to create a new type of Shinobithat will be the vanguard for the next generation. After the entire council was gathered they began, Fugaku Uchina was sitting there angrily as his clan had been decimated, while strangely enough the other clans had had minimal loses, and the Hyūga hadn't lost a single member of their clan. The very first thing Sarutobi explained about the sacrifice and the creation of a new Jinchūriki of the Kyūbi no Kitsune, to say the councilors and Clan heads were shocked would be a... Understatement, to say they were blown completely out of the ball park would be closer, Fugaku Uchina jumped towards the newborn while holding a Kunai growling "We shouldn't let this abomination live!" Before he could do anything a bright red light flashed through the room and in front of Fugaku holding his right arm so he couldn't attack was a woman with hair that looked like it was made of flames in a kimono colored a brilliant ruby red, her eyes were slitted and colored red, and her face could only be described as 'Beautiful'.

The Woman growled at Fugaku and said "Uchina filth, if you attempt to harm this child I'll finish what I started and wipe your pathetic clan off the face of the Earth, Like I should have done years ago" A Child's wail filled the air, and Her voice suddenly changed and became less angry and feral becoming feminine and cultured she turned to the child effortlessly dragging the Uchina clan head like a rag and cooed to it "There, there Naruto-kun, I'm here, I'll protect you, I owe it to your father for stopping me from losing everything!"

Sarutobi looked at the woman and asked "If I may, who exactly are you?"

The Woman gave a deep laugh at this and suddenly began to emit immense amounts of Chakra and killing intent, to the point where those who weren't Shinobi were knocked out by the pressure and power of it, and to the shock of all present nine tails sprout from her back and surround her, she simply smiles and says "If this isn't enough to tell you who I am. I am Kurama the Kyūbi no Kitsune and the guardian of the land of Fire and my blood descendents." The Shinobi who were awake for this were shocked at the announcement.

Hiashi Hyūga the Hyūga clan head asked "What descendents?" while the rest of the council was too surprised to even say anything.

Kurama smiles at him and replies "My descendents whom I gave my Kekkei Genkei to and whom I have watched and observed for all these years, they hold my power Eyes of the Fox or as you call it the Byakugan."

Hiashi was rocked back by this "What"

Kurama smiled once again and replies "The Hyūga, your clan whose ancestor I gave the Byakugan all those years ago are my descendants in a manner of speaking"

Hiashi was still rocked by this announcement and so Sarutobi asked "Gave the Kekkei Genkei Byakugan to?"

Kurama laughed and said "Every Bijuu from the Ichibi all the way through to me the Kyūbi had to give at least one Kekkei Genkei to the world, I gave two the Byakugan and the Uzumaki's Kitsune Breath which gives them the extreme Chakra reserves, stamina and Life expectancies that they are known for, Now as to this child, Naruto Uzumaki we must come to a compromise, which will involve the Hyūga seeing as although he's only been my host for an half an hour has already gain the Byakugan from my presence"

Looking at Naruto who had opened his eyes they saw that he had the Hyūga pale eyes but his are tinged with red instead of the usual lavender or purple.

Fugaku growled once more "We should end this abomination, we the Uchina's will not allow this monstrosity to exist, as he has two bloodlines which will make him a threat to the stability of Konoha"

Kurama's entire aura changed from a harmless yet powerful being to a wrathful demon when she snapped "Arrogant words from the bastard who not only got his family Kekkei Genkei from a bored C-Class demon raping a human woman, and Whose family member used Genjutsu to make me attack the village, too bad for him he forgot that he was technically a member of the village, But also hypocritical as weren'tyou the one planning a coup against the Hokage" At those words Fugaku paled and the entire Shinobi portion of the council glared at him with hate in their eyes.

Kurama calmed a bit and then seemed to fade away when she noticed this she said "I've ran out of power, but remember if the vessel dies I'm released and not killed, Also this boy will grow to great heights I can feel it" She then turns and bows to the Hokage before dispersing completely.

Sarutobi called in several ANBU to take Fugaku Uchina to the I&T department where Ibiki Morino waited to extract every bit of information from the arrogant Uchina, Sarutobi then coughed after the Civilian council had been awakened and filled in on what had happened to get the council's attention, he then said "There are two things we must now address, One is Naruto Uzumaki's raising which should be given to the Hyūga clan due to his possession of the Byakugan, and the second is the Yondaime Hokage's new idea for Shinobi training, Paired Shinobi."

Hiashi nods and says "The Hyūga clan will take Naruto Uzumaki in, On the Condition he takes out clan name until his sixteenth birthday or his own discovery of his lineage"

Sarutobi nods "Those conditions are acceptable with the promise that he will never be given the Cursed Bird seal (Hiashi Nods in Acceptance), Now to the second thing the Yondaime Hokage has come up with the idea of creating Paired Shinobi, two children from the same or different clans will be raised together and have a special seal affixed o them that binds them together, they will be raised with the following hierarchy to their loyalty, First, they will be loyal to Konoha, to the point they would sacrifice their lives for the village no matter what, Second, they will be loyal to the other partner, Third, they will be loyal to other Paired Shinobi and Last will be their loyalty to Family and Clan."

Hiashi frowned and asked "Why is loyalty to the Clan last?"

Sarutobi sighs "The Yondaime Hokage noticed that this loyalty interfered with the loyalty to the village and therefore was a conflict to how a Shinobi should be."

The council nodded at this while Danzo watched with interest at what was going on, and thinking of how he could shoehorn the idea to his own ambitions. He then asked "Who are the pairs going to be Hokage?"

Sarutobi stopped and though for a moment and said "I think we will have to talk about that, for now 8 Shinobi children will be chosen and paired, they will gain according to the Yondaime's notes each other's Chakra and Kekkei Genkei, so we must be cautious and wise about how we join the pairings, the loyalty to clan last also now makes more sense as they wouldn't betray their partner by giving intimate knowledge of the partner's Kekkei Genkei to their clan" Every Shinobi's head nodded as the wisdom of this idea became apparent.

Hiashi Hyūga stood up and said "I believe Naruto should be paired with my daughter Hinata, as this will allow me to prevent his branding with the cursed bird seal."

Sarutobi nodded to the wisdom of this "That's a good idea Hiashi"

Tsume Inuzuka stood up and asked "Should the pairings accent each other's power?"

Sarutobi nods "Yes that's the wisest course of action"

Tsume nods and then says "Then I propose my son Kiba and the Aburame clans heir Shino be partnered as they both use animals for scouting and attacks and their powers will accent each other"

Shibi Aburame nods and says "That course of action seems to be the most logical; I agree with the Inuzuka clan head"

Sarutobi nods, Chōza Akimichi and Shikaku Nara propose their sons be partnered together "I agree with the parings as they have been stated"

Mebuki Haruno stands up and says "My Daughter Sakura Haruno should be partnered with Ino Yamanaka"

Inoichi Yamanaka stands up and says "I agree with that course of action here are the pairings let us review them before we accept, Hinata Hyūga and Naruto Hyūga/Uzumaki/Namikaze, Kiba Inuzuka and Shino Aburame, Choji Akimichi and Shikamaru Nara, and finally Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka, Are these pairs acceptable"

The parents and guardians of the eight named nod and the rest of the council shouts an affirmative, Sarutobi nods and says "Then let us begin the sealing and make these partnerships begin, parents will have to compromise on where the partners stay as they must never be separated even when sleeping and bathing, they will know everything about the other partner and vice versa"

Later that night the sealing were done with only one major surprise, when Naruto and Hinata were sealed together she gained the Kyūbi's seal mark on her stomach, her Chakra coils grew to the same size as Naruto's and gained the distinctive swirling mark on her abdomen. Kurama reappeared and assured Hiashi his daughter was safe as Naruto was still holding her, Hinata was only acting as a booster and increasing the strength of the seal.

Three years later, Hyūga Estate 9:00 PM

Hinata and Naruto were sleeping side by side under Momo Hyūga's watchful gaze, Momo thought to herself My Daughter and Naruto look so peaceful, I still thank Hiashi every day for agreeing to this partnership I can see the both of them becoming very strong but also I see Hinata having a friend that won't care about her status or Byakugan. Her musings were cut short by a Kumo Shinobi breaking in the door and grabbing Hinata, Momo screamed "Kidnapper" at the top of her lungs while getting in to a Taijutsu stance, it was moments like this she wished she had the Byakugan and the ability to use the Gentle Fist style to its full potential. The Kumo Shinobi turned and pulled out a Kunai and looked like he was about to throw it at Momo, before he could to both the Shinobi's and Momo's surprise Naruto having snuck behind the Shinobi executes a perfect Gentle Fist strike to the back of both his legs and his neck rendering the Shinobi paralyzed, Hiashi then ran in to see the paralyzed Shinobi with Naruto standing over him holding Hinata in his arms. After hearing what happened from his wife Momo and sending the Shinobi off to I&T for interrogation Hiashi then considered starting Gentle Fist practice the next day to capitalize on the fact the Naruto had an almost instinctive ability to use both the Byakugan and Gentle Fist, he then realized that as the Jinchūriki of the Kyūbi Naruto could also be learning it directly from the creature that created it, Hiashi was then doubly motivated to start the training as he thought that he would be able to learn some of the lost abilities of the Gentle Fist from this little Jinchūriki, the other bonus was Hinata would also learn this as they must be trained together by law due to the Pairing Laws created specifically for Paired Shinobi, they were even creating a special bathroom in the Academy for the paired Shinobi's use that had two toilets side by side.

Three Years Later.

The Shock that ran through Konoha was palatable after Itachi Uchina was murdered in the night along with his fiancée, The Uchina clan mourned the loss of another member after they had lost so many the day the Kyūbi struck both from the Kyūbi herself and the execution of the traitors in the family that were attempting to overthrow the Hokage. Itachi's brother Sasuke was struck most by this loss and in a rare accord all of the Paired Shinobi attempted to comfort him and took him in as an honorary member of their group, The rest of Konoha was awestruck by this rare and valuable act, while the council was surprised due to what the Hokage had said about their loyalties until Sarutobi said to them "Their first loyalty is to Konoha so in keeping with that they opened their ranks and made Sasuke an honorary member in order to prevent the loss of another Uchina to Konoha's available Shinobi" The Council was slightly surprised by the complexity of their thinking until they remember the two 'leaders' of the Paired Shinobi who were Naruto Hyūga due to his personality which even the Hyūga training couldn't suppress and Shikamaru Nara due to his intellect and the respect given to him by Naruto, to be fair he was closer to being an advisor to Naruto who did seem to be the true leader, the council could only shrug at this due to the paired Shinobi's nature of secrecy and choosing their own leader, by whatever strange criteria they had.

Six Years Later, Shinobi Academy. Day of the Genin Exams.

Naruto sat next to Hinata as they watched the other students in their class chat about the exams or attempt to seduce Sasuke who didn't seem to care about their advances, "Poor Sasuke-teme" Naruto thought to Hinata who due to the seal could hear his thoughts if he wished and vice versa, Hinata nodded having watched the sometimes friendly rivalry between the two as well as the sling of Teme and Dobe at each other whenever they were talking, She was thankful the Naruto had master the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu as she asked after mastering it herself, both of them were no good at using the regular Bunshin due to the amount of Chakra they both possessed which was almost eight times what the Hokage had, Surrounding Naruto and Hinata were the other Paired Shinobi sitting together in their pairings, to an outsider it looked as if Naruto were a king and they his loyal subjects, which was closer than they thought, Naruto was their leader for two main reasons, One his personality made him very popular with other people and would help them in the future, and second, out of the pairings he and Kiba were the only two who would speak with non-paired Shinobi and civilians who weren't family or superiors to them. The final and unofficial reason was due to his close friendship with the Hokage.

The paired Shinobi had already done their exams and had passed in two categories with Naruto, Hinata, Shikamaru and Choji as rookies of the year and Shino, Kiba, Sakura and Ino coming second. Not one of the teachers was surprised at what had happened in regards to grades due to the pairs ability to speak with each other mentally even when being blocked by jutsu unfortunately they could only speak with their partner and not very Paired Shinobi, otherwise this power would be of greater use to the village, the Paired Shinobi had attempted to talk with each other mentally even when they aren't partners in order to increase their usability to the village. They watched as the last of their classmates finished their exam and then they shuffled out to wait for a week for team assignments, Naruto was planning to do some training with Hinata, surprisingly or not every pairing had the same idea, each pairing had a dominant partner with the exception of Ino and Sakura who were equals, this was visible in how they interacted, Naruto will talk while Hinata remains silent, Shikamaru was dominant though his lazy nature tended to make people wonder about that dominancy. Kiba was the outspoken one but Shino was the dominant one due to his intelligence. Only Sarutobi and their parents knew this however.

A Week later, Shinobi Academy.

The Paired Shinobi were laughing at the sight of Sasuke and a random boy sharing a kiss, due to an accident where Naruto knocked against the boy's desk, throwing him against Sasuke, Sasuke's fan-girls attacked the poor boy and were beating him when Iruka-sensei walks in and orders them to stop, Naruto and Hinata both liked Iruka due to the way he made school seem both fun and serious at the same time, also that he still checked his chair for the whoopee cushion that Naruto had planted there on a whim several months ago, Iruka looked up and announced the teams, Sasuke ended up on a team with two other Genins from class, the notable fact being that the girl wasn't one of his Fan-girls, which made Sasuke happy as can be. Then Iruka said "Teams 8 and 10 are special due to the Paired Shinobi, they are teams of four Genin and a Jounin instead of the usual three Genin, Team 8 will have Naruto Hyūga, Hinata Hyūga, Shikamaru Nara and Choji Akimichi on it, Team 10 will have Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka on it, Team 8 will be led by Kurenai Yūhi and Team 10 by Asuma Sarutobi.' The Paired Shinobi are pleased by this turn of events, they know both of these Jounin and their reputations.